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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Man who shot at George Zimmerman gets 20-year prison term

A
Florida man, 37 year old Matthew Apperson, who was convicted of shooting at
George Zimmerman was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. A Seminole County
jury found Apperson guilty last month of attempted second-degree murder, armed
aggravated assault and shooting into a vehicle during a confrontation in Lake
Mary, Fla., in May 2015..

Apperson told authorities he
acted in self-defense after Zimmerman threatened him by pointing a gun at
him first. Zimmerman countered Apperson's claim, testifying that Apperson
pulled up next to his pickup and shot him but that the bullet missed
and struck the passenger side window.

Zimmerman suffered minor injuries from the
broken glass in the incident.

In an audio recording of a 911 call
released by Lake Mary Police in 2015, an unidentified man told a
dispatcher:

"A guy just said he had to pull a gun on a
guy … he had to shoot at somebody." Questioned further by the dispatcher,
the unidentified caller said Apperson was standing by the side of the road
nearby. "He's driving an Infinity. He said it was George Zimmerman."

"We will hold our collective breaths to see
what outrageous acts he (Zimmerman) performs next," White told the judge
during the hearing.

Apperson's
wife, Lisa Apperson, also accused Zimmerman of being the instigator of the
incident, claiming her husband's innocence.His wife told the judge:

Authorities have "given George
Zimmerman a golden ticket to go out and do whatever he wants to do."

Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson handed down the
state-mandated minimum: 20 years for shooting at another person with a gun.

Moments before Apperson was sentenced, his wife,
Lisa, accused the judge of making unfair rulings and allowing an innocent man
to go to jail.

This wasn't the first time Zimmerman and
Apperson were allegedly involved in an incident together. Back in September
2014, the two men reportedly shouted at each other, with Apperson claiming
Zimmerman threatened to kill him during a confrontation in their vehicles.

Apperson, who called the authorities
then, decided not to press charges.

Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman acquitted
of second-degree murder after fatally shooting unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin
in 2012, has had several brushes with the law since his controversial
acquittal.